Legal Opinion
Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. American Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 6, 1993No. 92-2858PublishedCited by 169 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
American Airlines appeals the District Court’s 1 order granting Northwest Airlines’ motion to enjoin American from proceeding with a lawsuit American filed against Northwest in a federal district court in Texas. We affirm.
The actions of the parties relevant to this case begin in May 1991 with the dispatch of a letter from the general counsel of American Airlines to her counterpart at Northwest Airlines, the entire text of which follows:
You may not have seen the Texas Supreme Court decision of Sterner vs. Marathon Oil Company, so I have enclosed a copy. As we read that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Dataphase Systems, Inc. v. C L Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,667 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Helen Echo HayduCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Ellicott MacHine Corporation v. Modern Welding Company, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
- Orthmann v. Apple River Campground, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- United States Fire Insurance v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by169 opinions
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- Basf Corporation v. Darlene Symington, Next Friend or Guardian Ad Litem for Darci Symington, an IncompetentCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- Medtronic, Inc. v. Advanced Bionics Corp.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 2001
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